CAMBODIA

The national Cambodian flag in its

present form was originally adopted in
1948 and readopted in 1993, after the
constituent assembly election in 1993
and restoration in monarchy. Since
around 1850, the Cambodian flag has
featured a depiction of Angkor Wat in
the centre.
Hun Sen is a Cambodian politician who has
Served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia
since 1985. He is currently the world's
longest-serving prime minister,
the longest-serving head of government of
Cambodia, and one of the
longest-serving leaders in the world.
Norodom Sihamoni (Khmer: born 14 May 1953)
is the King of Cambodia. He became King
on 14 October 2004, a week
after the abdication of King Norodom Sihanouk.
He is the eldest son of King Sihanouk and
Queen Norodom Monineath.
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Angkor Wat
ANGKOR WAT (City/Capital of Temples)
- is a Hindu temple complex in
Cambodia. Originally constructed as a
Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was
gradually transformed into a Buddhist
temple towards the end of the 12th
century.
• KHMER – Cambodian has a single official
language which is khmer. It is spoken by nearly
90% of the country’s population. The language
is used in government, administration,
education, media, and more.
• PHNOM PEHN - is the capital city of
Cambodia, a southeastern country of the
Indochina peninsula. Phnom Penh is located at
the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac and the
 TRADITIONAL CLOTHING
In Cambodia, Sarong is a traditional costume and used as an alternative
to Sampot. It is a piece of clothing that is traditionally worn by both men
and women in the lower class. Nowadays, Sarong is widely worn by
people because of its simple design with one piece of cloth sewn at the
two ends and tied on the waist.
 RELIGION
Almost 90% of Cambodians are BUDDHISM and 10%
of them are others like HINDU and MUSLIM.
 HISTORY
Between the 11th and 14th century the Cambodia was the
strongest country of all Indochinese Peninsula. It was all
because of the strong Hindu and the Buddhist Khmer
Empire. The first fame and honored people in present-day
are in the 1th millennium AD in Cambodia. In the 3rd, 4th,
5th, century the states that Indian lived were the Chenla
and Funan which is present day, Cambodia and South
West Vietnam. The Khmer Empire was weaken yet until the
15th century. The empire’s power’s center was the Ankor.
In 1863 King Nordom, whonhave been installed by
Thailand, sought the protection of France from the Thai
and Vietnamese. In 1955, sihanouk abdicated in favor
of his father in order to be elected Prime Minister. Upon
his father’s death become the head of state and took
the little of prince. While the Vietnam War move on,
Sihanouk chose an official policy of neutrality in the
Cold War until Cambodians began to take side,
expelled in 1970 by a military coup led by Prime
Minister General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik
Matak, while trip on abroad.in 1973 the Cambodians
After the cruel and violent war of 70’s and 80’s
with the distruction of economic, culture, social,
and politics of Cambodia was re-built only in
recent years. Again the conflict began to shake
again in 1997 so the coup d’etat was remained
in placed. Again Cambodia was aided by the 5
countries; JAPAN, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY,
CANADA and U.K were reluctant to provide aid
but they did it to the relationship of China.